Delhi Daredevils T-shirts worth Rs 2 lakh stolen from stadium

T-shirts worth a total of Rs 2 lakh were stolen from a stall at Navi Mumbai's D Y Patil stadium on March 27, a day before the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers.The owner of the stall Mahadev Surendra Singh Khanna, 29, said that all the stolen T-shirts were of the Delhi Daredevils, to be sold to the team supporters. 

Khanna said that on March 27, he had shut his shop around 10 pm and when he opened it the next morning he found the shutter open and the shop ransacked. “Interestingly only T-shirts belonging to the Delhi team had been stolen,” added Khanna who stocks T-shirts of all the other IPL teams as well.

What's astounding is that the theft took place despite the tight security in the stadium since March 26. The official spokesperson of IPL said, “It's surprising that the thief got in despite the heavy security arrangements. Police officers were deployed in and around the stadium since March 26. In fact, on March 27 they even conducted a mock drill there.”

While a case of house breaking has been registered at the Nerul Police Station, police remain red-faced. Shyam More, official spokesperson of the stadium, said, “A group called JOG Sports has been given the responsibility of distributing sports T-shirts and other accessories inside the stadium. We had a discussion with them and it is possible that the T-shirts have been misplaced. However, at the moment nothing can be said for certain as police are investigating the matter.”